Gomphonema acuminatum var. coronatum (Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst 1864

Publication Details
Gomphonema acuminatum var. coronatum (Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst 1864: 260

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.

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Publication date: Mar-Mai 1864

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gomphonema is Gomphonema acuminatum Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gomphonema coronatum Ehrenberg.

Basionym
Gomphonema coronatum Ehrenberg

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Fossilis in farina silicea prope vicum Santafioram [Italy]; (Cedergren 1926: 583) Lectotype: BHUPM; specimen on preparation No. 290702-b (the bigger one of the two blue rings) (Jahn & Kusber 2004: 583)

Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), acuminate, i.e. tapering gradually or abruptly from inwardly curved sides into a narrow point (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 November 2018

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Nomenclatural note
Combination also introduced by Carruthers (in Gray 1864: 103). - (30 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 June 2025

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